Trump spending bill stalls in Congress as cracks form over spending cuts
House Republicans won’t markup budget this week, delaying party leaders’ ambitious schedule to get the package passed by Easter.
House GOP Rushing to Produce Trump's Big Budget Bill With Tax Cuts, Program Cuts and Other Promises
House Republicans are working overtime after a lengthy White House meeting to meet President Donald Trump's demand for a big budget package that includes some $3 trillion in tax breaks, massive program cuts and a possible extension of the nation's debt limit.
Senate GOP unveils $340B budget plan with Trump's deportation and defense funds, as House stalls
House Republicans have missed another deadline to produce a massive budget package of tax cuts and slashed spending
Trump meets with congressional Republicans as GOP lawmakers argue over tax and spending cuts
President Donald Trump hosted an unusually long meeting with House Republicans at the White House on Thursday, turning over prime workspace for them to hammer out differences over the size, scope and details of their multitrillion-dollar plan to cut taxes,
Republicans in House, Senate on collision course over sweeping Trump budget bill
House and Senate Republicans are on a collision course as they both race to pass their respective blueprints to enact President Donald Trump's agenda.
US Senate Republicans unveil budget plan for Trump agenda
U.S. Senate Republicans released a budget plan on Friday that would boost funding for President Donald Trump's border security, energy and military priorities, while cutting domestic spending and leaving the thornier issue of tax cuts until later this year.
White House Forces Showdown Over Congress’s Power of the Purse
The confirmation of Russell T. Vought to lead the powerful White House budget office is likely to escalate the funding fights ...
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4 Charts Show Why Congress Must Embrace Spending Restraint
It’s vital for Congress to pair pro-growth tax cuts with pro-growth spending reforms. The federal budget itself needs a ...
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How Congress — and not the president — controls how taxpayer money is spent
The Constitution gives Congress what’s called “the power of the purse,” or the ability to spend taxpayer money — not the ...
House Democrat: ‘I don’t contest’ DOGE will likely find ‘awful examples of wasteful spending’
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Thursday he thinks President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) commission, ...
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Members of Congress Warn About Looming Debt Crisis
Fiscal hawks warn that deficits produce higher inflation rates and higher interest rates that harm the poor the most.
Trump administration directs states to stop spending on EV charging infrastructure
The Federal Highway Administration directed states to stop spending money for EV charging infrastructure​ — funds that were ...
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Republicans in Congress mostly shrug as Musk and DOGE set sights on spending
Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the ...
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America’s constitutional crisis could come to a head in four months
But Trump’s starkest assault on democratic norms is his usurpation of Congress’s authority over spending. The separation of powers is a fundamental feature of our constitutional order ...
The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending
Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.
In Trump’s quest to close the Education Department, Congress and his own agenda may get in the way
President Donald Trump is preparing to gut the U.S. Education Department to the full extent of his power, directing his ...
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Trump May Not Want to Share Power With His Own Party’s Congress
Trump himself has been firing off executive orders at a record pace (he had signed 54 as of February 6; only Harry Truman ...